Sanitary protector for telephone-transmitters.



U. ADAMS.

SANITARY PROTECTOR FOB. TELEPHONE TRANSMITTERS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAB..14, 1911.

1,017,362. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

' WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS CHARLES ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13,1912.

Application filed March 14, 1911. Serial No. 614,299.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, CHARLES ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, Brooklyn Manor, \Voodhaven, borough ofQueens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Sanitary Protector for Telephone-Transmitters, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sanitaryprotector or shell for telephone transmitters arranged for convenientattachment to or removal from the telephone transmitter, the protectoror shell when in use covering not only the mouthpiece but also thecasing of the transmitters, so that disease germs are not liable to bedeposited on the instrument by the exhalation of persons using theinstrument, and the user is not liable to be infected by such diseasegerms exhaled by a prior user, the protector or shield beingsufliciently cheap to permit of throwing it away; after being once usedby a person.

For the purpose mentioned, the sanitary protector isformed of paper orother suitable material fashioned into a cup-shaped body, the bottomofwhich forms a diaphragm extending across the opening of the mouthpiece,and the sides of the body extending from the mouthpiece to the casing ofthe transmitter andonto which casin lindrical edge of the body fits andience the latter practically incloses or covers not only the mouthpiecebut also the casing of the transmitter.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in bothviews.

Figure l is a perspective view of the s'ani tary protector; and Fig. 2is a sectional side elevation of the sanitary protector as applied totelephone transmitters.

The protector or shield is preferably made of thin paper, but othersuitable sheet materials may be used, and the material selected is"fashioned into a cup-shaped body A having a bottom A and anoutwardly-int-he cy clined side A terminating in a cylindrical. flange AThe cup-shaped body A is so proportioned; and shaped that it can bereadily placed in position on the telephone transmitter B, and when inuse the bottom A extends across the opening of the mouthpiece B of thetransmitter B and forms a diaphragm through which the sound wavesreadily pass to the diaphragm of the transmitter, and the conical side Aof the body A reaches from the edge of the mouthpiece B to the frontedge of the casing B of the transmitter, and the cylindrical flange Afits onto the peripheral face of the said casing, so that the mouthpieceis completely inclosed in the body A, and at the same time -the casing Bof the transmitter is pro tected against contamination by disease 3germs. It is understood that the protector or shield can be manufacturedsuflicient-ly cheap, to permit of throwing itaway after being once used,so that the possibility of" transferring disease germs is reduced to aminimum as the entire transmitter is prop- .erly protected against suchgerms and Is -not liable to be rendered foul.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to, secure by Let- 8 ters Patent: fl

As an article of manufacture, a sanitary protector for a telephonetransmitter, consisting of a cup-shaped body formed of thin sheetmaterial, the body having a bottom forming a diaphragm adapted to eX-'tend across the opening of the mouthpiece of the transmitter, the sideof the body being inclined outwardly and of a length to reach from theedge of the mouthpiece to the front edge of the'casing of thetransmitter, the said side terminating in a cylindrical flange adaptedto fit snugly ont'oi the peripheral face of the casing of thetransmitter. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ADAMS.

'Witnesses:

Tnno. G. Hosrnn, JOHN P. DAVIS.

